--- title: "Video Editor SDK for Web & Mobile - IMG.LY" description: "Embed a customizable video editor into your web and mobile app with one cross-platform SDK - timeline editing, templates, automation, and native AI included." url: "https://img.ly/products/video-sdk/" type: "page" --- > This is the markdown version of [Video Editor SDK for Web & Mobile - IMG.LY](https://img.ly/products/video-sdk/). For all pages in one file, see [llms-full.txt](https://img.ly/llms-full.txt). For an index of all available pages, see [llms.txt](https://img.ly/llms.txt). --- # Video Editor SDK: Video editing for your web and mobile app Bring powerful video editing into your iOS, Android, and web apps with one SDK. Create templates on the web, adapt them on mobile, and ship smooth cross-platform creative workflows. - Timeline editing - Native AI features - Templates & automation - Client-side encoding **Available for:** - **Web:** [JavaScript](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Angular](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/angular/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Vue.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Svelte](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/svelte/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Next.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/nextjs/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Mobile:** [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React Native](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react-native/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Flutter](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/flutter/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Desktop:** [Mac Catalyst](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/mac-catalyst/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [macOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/macos/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Electron](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/electron/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Server:** [Renderer](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a.md), [Node.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/node/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) [Try Now](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk) [Open the Web editor demo](https://cdn.img.ly/demo/cesdk-web-examples/v1.80.0/examples/starterkit-video-editor/index.html?demoPreview=true) [Open the iOS demo](https://img.ly/demos/video-ui/ios/) [Open the Android demo](https://img.ly/demos/video-ui/android/) [Video Editor SDK - timeline editing, trimming, and clip composition](https://storage.googleapis.com/imgly-static-assets/static/blog/videos/1-21/video-editor-web-sdk-m.mp4) ## Video Editor SDK built for product teams that need instant value Replace a multi-month editor build with a ready-to-integrate SDK and a [developer-focused](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/) proven workflow. ### Ship a video editor in days! Replace a year-long video-editor build with a starter kit and a focused integration. ### Cut editor maintenance by 80% Offload editor UX, video processing, and browser quirks to a maintained engine. ### 3× more videos created in-app Keep users creating inside your product instead of leaving for external tools. ## Choose your video editing experience Start with the platform your users create on - or ship both from the same SDK. ### Video Editor for Web A browser-based video editor for template-driven creation and automation - no installs, no plugins. [Video Editor for Web](https://img.ly/products/video-for-web.md) ### Video Editor for Mobile Native in-app video editing for iOS, Android, Flutter, and React Native - with built-in camera capture. [Video Editor for Mobile](https://img.ly/products/video-sdk-mobile.md) Trusted by **100+**\ industry leaders ---------------------- **Trusted by:** Digitas, Omneky, The Print Bar, Brandwatch, Planoly, HP, Shopify, Reuters, Hootsuite, Semrush, Shutterfly, one.com, Sprout Social, Constant Contact, Spread Group > "Integrating IMG.LY’s editor meant we didn’t have to build or maintain a complex editing layer ourselves. That kept our team focused on our core AI ad engine and saved us countless development hours — while still giving our customers the ability to polish and customize creatives at scale." -- Hikari Senju, CEO, Omneky > "With IMG.LY we built a central creative portal that now powers over 140 dealer campaigns across multiple automotive brands. Before this, asset creation was slow and inconsistent." -- Martin Röhr, Product Owner, Digitas > "By embedding IMG.LY’s editor we were able to hit key RFP requirements and deliver a template-based creative experience that now serves 1,000+ customers. It helped us win more deals and exceed enterprise expectations without needing to hire dedicated design teams." -- Rob Driscoll, Director of PM, Optimizely > "Since integrating IMG.LY’s editor, we now deliver 30,000+ ad creatives per month, dramatically shorten time-to-launch, and help our clients cut design spend by up to $10,000 per month." -- Logan Welbaum, Founder, Plai > "Our customers create over a million personalized postcards each year choosing from over hundreds of templates with IMG.LY’s SDK. It’s the only solution that allows us to build our own specialized, on-brand UI that integrates seamlessly with our platform." -- Jeanine Zaalberg, Product Manager, SwissPost > "From a developer’s perspective, the most powerful feature of the photo editor is the integration process. It was completely flawless, quick, and easy to integrate." -- Stefano Fornari, CTO, Funambol > "We compared IMG.LY SDK with other solutions and found that it would be the best fit for us since it provides all the features that are crucial for our use case." -- Carem Pereira, SCRUM Manager, HP [Reviews on G2](https://www.g2.com/products/img-ly/reviews) ## Key Capabilities One SDK for cross-platform video editing - extensive features to serve any video creation use case. ### For your users #### Intuitive timeline editing. Trim, split, and reorder clips directly in the browser. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Video+%26+Audio) #### AI Plugins. Enhance your video editing with AI-powered tools for auto-captions, background removal, and more. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=AI) #### On-brand text & overlays. Add titles, captions, stickers, and logos with your brand styling baked in. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Text+%26+Typography) #### Animations. Bring your videos to life with keyframe animations and motion effects. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Animation) #### Template-based workflows. Start from ready-made video templates tailored to your use cases. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Handover) #### Channel-ready aspect ratios. One-click aspect ratio presets for popular social media and print product sizes. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Image+%26+Photo) ### For your product #### Cross-platform engine. One engine renders videos identically across web, iOS, and Android. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&platform=Web,iOS,Android) #### Flexible export pipeline. Export to MP4, WebM, or MOV and connect to your existing storage, CDN, or rendering backend. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Video+%26+Audio) #### Performance-optimized rendering. Hardware-accelerated decoding and encoding keep playback smooth and exports fast. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Basic) #### Configurable toolset & UI. Choose which video tools and controls appear, or build a fully headless UI. [Learn more](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor&category=Customization+%26+Extensibility) ### Looking for the full feature list? Browse every CE.SDK capability across video, design, photo, print, and AI. [Explore all capabilities](https://img.ly/capabilities.md?solution=Video+Editor) ## How to embed the video editor into your product From starter kit to multi-platform render, four steps to a configured video editor. ### Step 01: Spin up a working timeline editor Install the SDK, pick a starter kit for your platform, and run a configured editor with trim, transitions, and audio inside a day. [Starter Kits](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk) ### Step 02: Customize the editor for your product Pick which tools surface in the toolbar, set the aspect ratios users can target, and apply your brand theme so the editor reads as part of your app and not a third-party widget. [Explore customization demos](https://img.ly/demos.md?tags=customization) ### Step 03: Connect templates, fonts, and content libraries Load your branded templates, wire your asset library and audio sources, and configure the text variables that drive automated runs. [Explore asset demos](https://img.ly/demos.md?tags=assets) ### Step 04: Render client-side or hand off to the server Videos encode in the browser or on device for immediate export. Reuse the same templates server-side for bulk and scheduled renders through one engine. ## Why product teams choose the Video Editor SDK ### I: Time to market Launch a video editor in weeks, not a year-long project. Ship a full-featured video editor with a proven SDK and starter kit so you can test, iterate, and win video use cases fast - without freezing your roadmap. ### II: Empower non-creators Make video editing approachable for everyone. Give non-editors a familiar timeline with templates, presets, and guardrails so they can produce polished, on-brand videos on their own. ### III: One engine, every platform Build once and render video consistently everywhere. A single video engine powers web, mobile, desktop, and server, so a project created on one platform plays back identically on every other. ## An SDK made by developers for developers Install CE.SDK with one command, plug it into your existing upload or creation flows, and stay in control with a clean, documented API. ## Native editing for iOS and Android The same creative engine, shipped as native SDKs for every mobile stack. ## Bring the editor to the desktop Embed CE.SDK in Electron and native macOS apps with the same API. ## Render headlessly at scale Run the same engine server-side for batch rendering and creative automation. ## Cut integration to minutes with IMG.LY Agent Skills CE.SDK Agent Skills give AI coding assistants bundled documentation, guided code generation, and autonomous project scaffolding for building editor and creative workflows across 10 web frameworks. [Learn more about Agent Skills](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/agent-skills-f7g8h9.md) ## Built to trust in production The editor your team doesn't have to build, secure, or maintain. ### Secure by design Editing runs client-side, so user content never leaves the browser unless you upload it. IMG.LY is SOC 2 Type II certified, with SSO available on enterprise plans. ### Battle-tested at scale The same creative engine powers 500M+ creations every month across thousands of applications, with a steady cadence of new releases. ### Build-vs-buy, solved We maintain the editor, browser quirks, and rendering pipeline so your team stays focused on your core product. Dedicated support and SLAs on enterprise plans. ## More from IMG.LY ### Video SDK for Mobile Native video editing for iOS and Android. [Learn More](https://img.ly/products/video-sdk-mobile.md) ### Creative SDK The unified editor for design, photo, and video in one engine. [Learn More](https://img.ly/products/creative-sdk.md) ### AI Editor Native AI generation, prompting, and variants inside the creative editor. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/ai-editor.md) ### Server-Side Video Rendering Render and transcode video programmatically on your backend. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/server-side-video-rendering.md) ### Creative Automation Generate on-brand creative variations from templates at scale. [Learn More](https://img.ly/use-cases/creative-automation.md) ### Social Media Build short-form video, filters, and UGC tooling. [Learn More](https://img.ly/industries/social-media.md) ### Marketing Tech Automate any creative workflow at scale. [Learn More](https://img.ly/industries/marketing-tech.md) ## Get in touch: Ready to see it in your browser? Contact our team to learn more about licensing options and get access to the AI plugins for the Video Editor SDK. [Talk to Our Team](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md) [Open Demo](https://img.ly/demos/video-ui.md) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### General **Q: What is the IMG.LY Video Editor SDK?** A: The Video Editor SDK is a fully-featured, customizable video editor you embed directly into your web and mobile apps. One creative engine powers timeline editing, templates, automation, and native AI across iOS, Android, and the browser. **Q: Does the SDK work on both web and mobile?** A: Yes. The same video engine runs in the browser (JavaScript, React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Next.js) and natively on mobile (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter), so a template authored on the web behaves identically when edited on a phone. **Q: Can I white-label the video editor?** A: Yes. Commercial licenses allow full white-labeling - remove all IMG.LY branding and present the video editor as a native part of your product. **Q: Is there a free trial?** A: Yes. You can start a free trial with full access to all video editing features. Contact our team to get started. ### Technical **Q: How does video rendering work in the browser?** A: On the web, video editing and playback run client-side using WebCodecs for hardware-accelerated decoding and WebGL for compositing - no plugins or installs required. On mobile, the editor uses native video pipelines for the same smooth performance. **Q: Which video formats are supported?** A: The SDK imports and exports MP4, WebM, and MOV, alongside common image and audio formats, with configurable resolution, bitrate, and quality settings for each export. **Q: Can I render video on the server?** A: Yes. The Node.js SDK runs the same engine headlessly, so you can render and encode video projects server-side for batch processing, personalized video, or automated pipelines at scale. **Q: Can I connect my own media library?** A: Yes. The SDK is storage-agnostic and supports custom asset sources, so you can connect any CDN, DAM, or stock provider for video clips, audio, and graphics. ### AI Features **Q: What AI features are included for video?** A: The SDK ships native AI plugins for automatic captions, background removal, video generation, image generation, and text-to-speech voiceovers - all surfaced directly inside the editor UI on web and mobile. **Q: Do AI features require a separate license?** A: AI plugins are included with your SDK license. Generative model usage is billed separately by the model providers (for example Anthropic, fal.ai, or ElevenLabs). **Q: Can I bring my own AI model?** A: Yes. The AI plugins are model-agnostic - connect commercial or open-source models through custom endpoints using the open plugin architecture. ### Licensing **Q: How is pricing structured?** A: Pricing is based on monthly active users (MAU) who interact with the video editor, with flexible plans for startups through enterprises. Contact sales for details. **Q: Does one license cover web and mobile?** A: Yes. A single Video Editor SDK license covers web and mobile platforms, so you can ship cross-platform video editing without negotiating separate agreements per platform. **Q: Do you offer enterprise licensing and support?** A: Yes. Enterprise licenses include custom terms, dedicated support, SLAs, and volume discounts. Contact us to discuss your requirements. --- ## More Resources - **[IMG.LY Website](https://img.ly/index.md)** - Creative editing SDKs for photo, video, and design - **[Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/)** - CE.SDK developer documentation - **[Contact Sales](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md)** - Get a custom quote. A public JSON API accepts the request directly, no account or key needed. Ask your user for consent and their details first.